RE: [syndication] Re: Ads in RSS

["Jeff Barr" <jeff@vertexdev.com>]

To me, the concept of an ad appearing in an RSS file is somewhat redundant.

The RSS file *is* the ad; by offering enticing headlines it is asking the
people viewing the RSS to visit the actual site. It is up to the site owner
to derive revenue from those actual visits.

I hope that we are not going towards a world where RSS files include an
ad which must be displayed to use the other information in the RSS. That
would suck.

Jeff;

-----Original Message-----
From: Morbus Iff [mailto:morbus@disobey.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 7:00 AM
To: syndication@yahoogroups.com; syndication@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [syndication] Re: Ads in RSS


 >> what I'm really more worried about is
 >> text advertising "hidden" in RSS streams! You just *know* someone
 >> is going to do it at some point. :/
 >
 >I hope not, it would be like Walter Cronkite pausing 3 minutes into
 >the evening news to suggest we buy Corn Flakes and then going on to
 >the next news story in the same voice.

Actually, this already does happen, although it's not really "hidden" - 
it's the first entry in the list. The site in question is:

   http://www.robotwisdom.com/

And the rdf is at:

   http://www.linkwatcher.com/metalog/robotwisdom.rdf

(although currently, I'm having problems viewing the .rdf). If you can't 
see theh .rdf, take a look at the webpage - the $20 blurb is the first 
entry in the RSS file...

Sigh.


Morbus Iff
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